Marwa Amri Explained

Marwa Amri
Full Name:Marwa Al-Amri
Nationality:Tunisian
Birth Place:Tunis, Tunisia
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Marwa Al-Amri (Arabic: مروى العامري, born 8 January 1989) is a Tunisian freestyle wrestler. She was born in Tunis.[1] She represented Tunisia in the women's lightweight freestyle competition at the 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.[2] She is the first woman from Africa win an Olympic medal in wrestling.[3]

Career

At the 2008 Olympics in the 55 kg category, she lost in the first round to Jackeline Rentería.

At the 2012 Olympics in the 55 kg category, she defeated Um Ji-Eun in the qualifications and was eliminated by Sofia Mattsson in the 1/8 finals.[4]

She improved yet again at the 2016 Olympics, in the 58 kg category. Although she lost to Kaori Icho in the first round, she was entered into the repechage because Icho reached the final. In the repechage she beat Elif Jale Yeşilırmak, and then Yuliya Ratkevich in her bronze medal match.[5]

In 2020, she won the gold medal in the women's freestyle 62 kg event at the African Wrestling Championships.[6] She qualified at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament to represent Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[7] [8] She competed in the women's freestyle 62 kg event.[9]

She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 African Wrestling Championships held in El Jadida, Morocco.[10] [11] A few months later, she also won the gold medal in the 62 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[12] She competed in the 62 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[13]

She won the silver medal in the women's 62kg event at the 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[14]

Early life and education

Amri is the oldest of four children. Her father died when she was nine. She took up wrestling when she was 11. Despite a lack of funding, facilities and female training partners, Amri persevered, attending World and African championships through government funding. She has a degree in physical education.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marwa Amri . London 2012 Olympics . . 2012-08-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130402005252/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/amri-marwa-1083899/ . 2013-04-02.
  2. Marwa Amri . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418094344/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/am/marwa-amri-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18 . 2017-10-28.
  3. News: Life's changed for wrestler Marwa after historic Rio medal . ESPN.com . 2017-10-28.
  4. Web site: Marwa Amri - Events and results . https://web.archive.org/web/20120804194031/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/amri-marwa-1083899/events/ . dead . 2012-08-04 . London 2012 Olympics . . 2012-08-22.
  5. Web site: Rio 2016 - Women's Freestyle 58 kg . 17 August 2016 . Rio 2016 Olympics . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160922182633/https://www.rio2016.com/en/wrestling-standings-wr-womens-freestyle-58-kg . 22 September 2016 . 28 October 2017.
  6. News: Olanowski . Eric . Adekuoroye Climbs to World No. 1 After Winning Fifth African Title . 8 February 2020 . UnitedWorldWrestling.org . . 9 February 2020.
  7. News: Shefferd . Neil . 3 April 2021 . Hosts Tunisia claim four more Tokyo 2020 berths on day two of UWW Africa and Oceania Olympic qualifier . InsideTheGames.biz . . 3 April 2021.
  8. Web site: 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210505200512/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/final-book.pdf . 5 May 2021 . 5 May 2021 . UWW.org . United World Wrestling.
  9. Web site: Wrestling Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf . 7 August 2021 . 8 August 2021 . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  10. News: Brennan . Eliott . 21 May 2022 . Oborududu bags 11th consecutive title at African Wrestling Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . . 23 May 2022.
  11. Web site: 2022 African Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220522205433/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-05/2022_african_championships_fianl_book.pdf?VersionId=PYd6pUvzQuShQSFaC65kY4NpHER5J7cS . 22 May 2022 . 22 May 2022 . UWW.org . United World Wrestling.
  12. Web site: Wrestling Competition Summary . https://web.archive.org/web/20220630130108/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WRE/2022-06-29/WRE-------------------------------__C96_1.0.pdf . 30 June 2022 . 30 June 2022 . gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com . 2022 Mediterranean Games.
  13. Web site: 2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. . 18 September 2022 . 18 September 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  14. Web site: 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230307130300/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2023-03/results_03_sofia.pdf?VersionId=g1eemM9v2lRqcW08Qi8J8daZveFnBhke . 7 March 2023 . 7 May 2023 . United World Wrestling.

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